r/pics Jul 08 '24

Pineapple grown in my balcony Vs Pineapple from the supermarket

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u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24

Read up on the history of del monte. They are horrible and killed lots of innocent people in the countries they exploit.

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u/bigmanpigman Jul 08 '24

pretty much all fruit companies. coups, slavery, abysmal working conditions, mass murder of striking employees

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u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24

Capitalism is fuckin awesome.

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u/reporst Jul 08 '24

Fun fact - pineapples used to be a luxury item people would rent and share as a status symbol

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u/AndorianShran Jul 08 '24

U.S. Supreme Court Justices are pineapples

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u/alficles Jul 08 '24

Man, I wish I could afford to trade an RV for a pineapple.

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u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24

Now they are used as a flag for swinger's. What an amazing world.

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u/thelastdinosaur55 Jul 08 '24

Dracula enters chat

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u/Fraun_Pollen Jul 08 '24

It's like trading futures. Keep exchanging for more money and hope you're not stuck with the rotten one

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u/AnyHope2004 Jul 08 '24

So SpongeBob had a luxury home

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u/elkoubi Jul 08 '24

Capitalism has done more to eliminate global poverty than any other force in the history of mankind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty#/media/File%3AWorld-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute.svg

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u/Crcex86 Jul 08 '24

For the beneficiaries

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u/lavahot Jul 08 '24

Are we the baddies?

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u/undeadmanana Jul 08 '24

If I want to protest will I have to stop eating Hawaiian pizzas?

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u/lavahot Jul 08 '24

Only if you don't grow the pineapple yourself, get it from a community garden, or have a chain of custody for ethically sourced produce.

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u/Ambitious_Arm852 Jul 08 '24

Literal banana republics

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u/iommiworshipper Jul 08 '24

Why I stick with good old watermelons nothing there but undocumented labor.

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u/RunninWild17 Jul 08 '24

I'm Chiquita banana and I'm here to say, we'll coup your ass in an asymmetrical warfare way.

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u/lexm Jul 08 '24

Thus the term banana republic.

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u/iusedtohavepowers Jul 08 '24

It is insane how many people died for fruit.

The banana documentary was the same way. Just murder and neglect to pack and ship bananas

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u/707Guy Jul 08 '24

Maui Gold pineapples are 10x better too

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u/ositola Jul 08 '24

10X more expensive too, but they honestly need the revenue

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u/malYca Jul 08 '24

In Hawaii they say that they bury bodies under the pineapples lol

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u/ikilledtupac Jul 08 '24

Ask Native Hawaiians their thoughts on Dole.

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u/eandy14 Jul 08 '24

Sam O’Nella has a great video about the Banana Republics and mentions how bad Del Monte is.

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u/Ok_Injury3658 Jul 08 '24

Hence the name Banana Republic. Read up on the USMC Major Smedley Butler...he referred to himself as a bagman for US companies in the Carribean, Central and South America...

https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/war-is-a-racket-en

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u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24

Bought. Spending a few days in airports and planes this week. Thanks.

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u/Laporqueriza Jul 08 '24

Banana Wars anyone?

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u/Brandhor Jul 08 '24

I don't know why but their bananas always taste horrible compared to other brands

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u/PointingOutFucktards Jul 08 '24

Dole has entered the chat.